Below are my Top 10 Best Films and Top 3 Worst Films of 2017 that I was either blessed or, in some cases, annoyed to screen, 24 in all. Feedback is encouraged whether you agree, disagree, think I’m nuts (I am a little crazy), or if you think of a film that I reviewed which should have been included. Here you go:

One of the things I look forward to in life are more Chucky movies. I don’t know why, but that seems to have been the case since Chucky terrorized all of us back in 1988 with ‘Child’s Play‘. There’s just something fun and horrifying about the universe of Chucky that always had me clamoring for more films. ‘Child’s Play 2‘ and ‘Child’s Play 3‘ furthered the story along while playing to the same silly-horror tropes of each previous film. Still, they were fun and entertaining.

I’m so happy we’re getting another Chucky movie. This one is called Cult of Chucky and will release on October 3rd of this year on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital streaming. I hope they have some midnight showings at a few theaters around too. Don Mancini is directing this one, which he wrote the original Child’s Play film and the rest of the sequels thereafter.

Wild Eye Releasing has announced the Digital HD release of Peter Hurd’s ‘The Control Group‘. The film is available now on cable and digital platforms including iTunes, Dish network, Vudu, Xbox, Google Play, and YouTube. The DVD release is slated for May.

Within the bowels of an insane asylum, Jack (Ross Destiche), Vanessa (Jenna Enemy), Grant (Justen Jones), Corey (Shane Philip), and Jaime (Kodi Saint Angelo), are five somewhat friends and are desperately seeking a way out. Having been drugged at a party and dumped there, the group does not know who has trapped them or who is pursuing them. Jack, who recently suffered the loss of his sister and even attempted to commit suicide, has no trust within or without. Vanessa, shunned by most, desperately wants to belong but does not want to appear vulnerable. The rest of the group is just annoying and scatter-brained characters with no real backstory. The genius that is Brad Dourif returns as a mad scientist, Dr. Broward, seeking a path to the unknown. Inside The Control Group, this test group experiment, what will they all find?

I can’t tell you how excited I am for this. I am a HUGE fan of all of the ‘Child’s Play‘ films that centers around a murderous Good Guy doll named Chucky. The first film came out in 1988 and I remember seeing it on VHS at home and just fell in love with everything about it. The following six sequels all get a bit sillier to straight up whacky, that is until 2013 came around, and we got ‘Curse of Chucky‘. It’s been known that a new ‘Child’s Play‘ film has been gestating for a while now, but we have learned through EW, that filming will now begin on the 7th sequel titled ‘Cult of Chucky‘, and will begin filming in Canada on Jan. 9.

THE FILM

Back in 1988, an excellent creative team consisting of director Tom Holland, writer Don Mancini, producer David Kirschner, and visual effects wizard Kevin Yagher got together and made ‘Child’s Play‘ and psychological thriller turned horror film about a serial killer’s soul that is transferred into a kid’s toy doll and wreaks havoc on this family in Chicago. Nobody knew at the time, but this small little film would be an instant cult classic with rave reviews from audiences and critics alike for years to come. Not only that, but this film hatched numerous sequels and created one of the most famous horror icons in pop culture – Chucky.

Scream Factory with Morgan Creek Productions is releasing cult favorite ‘The Exorcist III‘ on a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set October 25, 2016. One of the unique features with this special edition is a director’s cut, an alternate version of the film which reflects director William Peter Blatty’s original vision of his novel ‘Legion‘. Starring George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson, Scott Wilson and Nancy Fish.

If you were one of the millions of kids in the 80’s that never looked at our dolls the same way again after ‘Child’s Play‘ hit the big screens in 1988, Scream Factory has got an awesome collector’s edition of the flick to bring back those fond, or not-so-fond, memories. If you’re a millennial kid, or later, this is a pre-requisite in understanding what was so wonderful about 80’s horror movies.

Chucky is back in a big way. The next installment of the ‘Child’s Play‘ franchise titled ‘Curse of Chucky‘ made its North American debut a few days ago to a sold out theater. The location was at The Fantasia Film Festival and it won the Audience Award for Best International Feature today. How cool is that? We’ve written about ‘Curse of Chucky‘ a few times before, which you can see HERE.

Last week, we posted some new images from the upcoming ‘Curse of Chucky‘ film, which showed a little girl holding that killer doll. We also know that two films in the realm of Chucky are being made. One will be a reboot of the franchise, and this one is a sequel to the past films. And don’t fret, because Brad Dourif is back to voice the Chucky doll again.

We’ve reported before that there are currently two new ‘Child’s Play‘ movies in the works. One is a complete reboot of the franchise, and the other is a sequel to the previous five . This looks like the sequel that will go straight to DVD and Blu-Ray, which is a shame, because there is definitely a market for more Chucky movies. I cannot wait to see these two films, and I’m happy to see Brad Dourif is still doing the voices. Here are the first images from the film. I can’t wait for the trailer.

We have been hearing for a while about a new installment of ‘Child’s Play’ along with a complete reboot of the franchise. We even wrote a little bit about this ‘Curse of Chucky’ film a few weeks ago, which you can read HERE. It looks like it will be direct-to-dvd, which is unfortunate, but any new Chucky is good, right? I’ve been a huge fan of the ‘Child’s Play’ series since the first one came out in the 80’s, and even though the films have gotten much sillier, I still enjoy them. And I’m so happy that Brad Dourif is once again returning to voice the killer doll. Press release below.

For so long now, we have been hearing about a new ‘Child’s Play’ film. You know the films with the killer doll named Chucky? Well, over the past couple of years, we have heard there will be a sequel as well as a reboot to the franchise. We also heard that the reboot was going to return to the darker side of things rather than it be more of a slapstick type comedy as the previous two Chuky films have been. Well, this Chuck film will be a sequel to the already five films of the franchise.